"To be reborn hourly and daily in this life, we need to die-to give of ourselves wholly to the demands of the moment, so that we utterly "disappear." Thoughts of past, present, or future, of life and death, of this world and the next, are transcended in the superabundance of the now. Time and timelessness coalesce: this is the moment of eternity. Thus our every act is a matter either of giving life or taking it away. If we perform each act with total absorption, we give life to our life. If we do things half-heartedly, we kill that life."

Source : "The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide".

Philip Kapleau

#Past Quotes #Giving Quotes #Life And Death Quotes

“As far as my personal nostalgia zone goes, I find I watch more of AntennaTV than anything else.”

Source : "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. December 24, 2015.
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”
“Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.”

Source : Percy Bysshe Shelley (1872). “A Selection from the Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited with a Memoir by Mathilde Blind”, p.84
“Attitudes truly are contagious, and from time to time we need to ask ourselves, 'Is mine worth catching?'”
“Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God trust Him more deeply than those whose complacent faith permits an abstract and motionless stance before Him. Those who trust God most are those whose faith permits them to risk wrestling with Him over the deepest questions of life. Good hearts are captured in a divine wrestling match; fearful, doubting hearts stay clear of the mat.”
“Opening the fridge door, I found a rat eating the cheese. My dealings with rodents, particularly those tagged verminous, have been few, but generally the pattern has been one of man, the boss, the caretaker of creation, the namer, appearing and the lower orders hitting the road.”

Source : Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.63, Simon and Schuster
“I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done”
“My belief, through my experiences, is that the world in which we live is but an illusionary world, a world that one day we will leave behind as we travel on toward our destiny and toward reality.”

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